The Canadian Federalist Experiment

Details how the fathers of Confederation, defiantly determined to perpetuate monarchical government despite Enlightenment philosophy that insisted that republicanism was the only legitimate form of government, embraced the Hobbesean principles of the English constitution and embedded them in the new Canadian constitution in 1867.Details how the fathers of Confederation embraced the Hobbesean principles of the English constitution and embedded them in the new Canadian constitution in 1867